• Malcolm starts to work at a variety of jobs.
      • For 6 months he transported betting slips for the numbers lottery system.
      • Then he working in a Gambling Parlor.
      • He works for a Madam where he transports white people to prostitutes.
      • He bootlegs liquor.
    • Malcolm begins to gamble more and more, and loses a great deal of money.
      • He has one day to return all money to "West Indian Archie.
    • He begins to get high on various types of drugs.
      • After waking up the next day past the dead line, he runs into "West Indian Archie" and instead of being stabbed or shot he is publicly humiliated.
    • The next day he punches a Hustler in the Face. Now "West Indian Archie", the police, and the Hustler are out for Malcolm.
        • He runs away to Boston.